Thumbs Up Thursday! - Day 67

Good Afternoon Families!

Please read all the information below to get the latest scoop on our day! 

The SJA Parent Guild is once again hosting the St. Jude’s Academy Christmas Skate. It will take place on December 12^th. The price is $10 per students and includes skating, hot chocolate and treats. Santa will also be there for selfies. Skate rentals are also available for $16, as are helmets for $8. All order forms are due back by December 2^nd. You can send in the payment via cash, cheque or by e-transfer. **Please ensure both sides of the form are filled in!**

Our SJA Student Council is holding a clothing drive from Monday, December 2- Friday, December 6. Please bring in gently used clothing that you no longer need. All donations will go to the Diabetes Association. Thank you!

On December 17, 2019, students from Grade 3 to Grade 8 will put on two performances at the St. Jude’s Academy Dome. Our afternoon performance will begin at 1:00 pm, with doors opening at 12:30. Our evening performance will begin at 6:30 pm, with doors opening at 6:15 pm. Seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Please keep in mind that outside food and drinks are not permitted in the Dome.

For our evening performance, families are welcome to take our shuttle from St. Jude’s to the Dome and back. Shuttles will begin running from 6:00 pm until 7:00 pm. Please meet in the main office.

We encourage all families to come bundled up to stay warm and cozy for the entire show. The students and teachers have put a tremendous amount of work into their performances and kindly ask that all families stay and enjoy the show until the end.

The SJA Parent Guild will be holding a 50/50  Draw during the evening Christmas Concert on December 17. See attached flyer for details.

Reading Buddies with Mrs. Bannon's Class!:

Inquiry into Math:

Today we began our next unit, Data Management. We started with lesson 1 Interpreting Data. We focused on analyzing the data. We did this by answering questions about our data, and formulating questions about our data.

We also talked about why and how data is collected. We came up with the following reason:

We collect data to follow trends and to learn more about groups of people and what they need or what they like. 

Inquiry into Language:

We are spelling lesson 14 this week -

Grade 4 Spelling	Grade 5 Spelling
Objective: to spell words in which the base word drops the final e to ad ed, er, or ing Tips: when a word ends in silent e, the e is usually dropped before adding an ending or suffix that begins with a vowel  trade - e + ed = traded	Objective:  to spell words with the prefixes en, im, and mis Tips: en usually means cause to be or make - enable im usually means not - impossible im can also mean more - improve mis usually means wrong or wrongly - misjudge mis can also mean bad or badly - misbehave

All spelling activities are due on Wednesday. Our spelling test will be on Friday.

We continued working on our rough drafts for our second OWA task. We did a little more brainstorming and talked about how we should be formatting our journal recounts:

We reviewed the "hamburger" method, to help us format and organize our journals.

Unit of Inquiry:
Today we had a Christmas Concert rehearsal. In order to make transitions for concerts quicker, we are asking that students wear their house hoddie to stay warm while they are in the dome as they will have their jackets off when they are performing.

French - Please check Mme. Stella's blog under specialist links.
Physical Education- Please check Mr. Orr's blog under specialist links. 

Music - Please check Mr. Oliver's blog under specialist links. 

Ask your child how the rest of their day went, because I'm sure they can't wait to share it all with you!

Homework

Language – Spelling Lesson 14  test tomorrow
- Grammar lesson 3 & 4 due tomorrow
- Read 30 mins

Math – Math workbook pg. 64 & 65
- Unit 9 test signed + returned 

Unit of Inquiry – 

Extra - 

Important dates/items:

Tuesday Decmember 17 - Christmas Concert (G.3 - G.8)
Wednesday, December 18 - Casual Day + Bake Sale 
Thursday, December 19 - Spirit Day: Red, Green, & White Dress Up + Bake Sale 
Friday December 20 - January 7 - Winter Break (No School)
Have a good evening, Ms. Samuel